is this a road bike?
05-11-10 | 05:41 PM
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toronto tonto
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Bikes: 2011 specialized roubaix elite apex - 2010 giant rapid 3
is this a road bike?
what characteristics make up a road bike versus a hybrid, exactly? just wondering what everyone here thinks. is this a road bike?
https://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-CA/...er/5400/37754/
if you feel that it is, what makes it a road bike? if not, why not?
j
https://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-CA/...er/5400/37754/
if you feel that it is, what makes it a road bike? if not, why not?
j
Last edited by urbanlegend; 05-11-10 at 05:44 PM.
05-11-10 | 05:43 PM
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yes. i prefer when they used to distinguish racers from other bikes.
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05-11-10 | 05:45 PM
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Yes.
It is a bike designed to ride on paved roads, ergo it is a road bike.
But what do you care what we think?
It is a bike designed to ride on paved roads, ergo it is a road bike.
But what do you care what we think?
05-11-10 | 05:46 PM
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My drop bar conversion looks a lot like a road bike, and now rides like one, but the thing that stands out for me between hybrids and a proper road bike is the clearance from the front wheel to the downtube. Another way of saying less aggressive geometry.
05-11-10 | 06:29 PM
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toronto tonto
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i was just thinking that the only thing that differentiates that bike from a "real" road bike, like the Defy, is the fact that it has flat bars. and i wondered if everyone thought that drop bars are what really defines a road bike.
i think of my rapid as a road bike with ~$250-300 left in my pocket.
i'll have to see if i want for more hand positions than the bar ends give me when i get into more rides of >50 km.
j
i think of my rapid as a road bike with ~$250-300 left in my pocket.
i'll have to see if i want for more hand positions than the bar ends give me when i get into more rides of >50 km.
j
05-11-10 | 06:56 PM
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There's not a rigid definition. For example, you'll find touring bikes differentiated from road bikes, but elsewhere find they're a type of road bike, etc.
Saying a road bike is a bike that you ride on the road just makes the term fairly meaningless. I rode my Worksman cruiser on the road, but nobody would class it as a road bike. Ditto with lots of mountain bikes.
Saying a road bike is a bike that you ride on the road just makes the term fairly meaningless. I rode my Worksman cruiser on the road, but nobody would class it as a road bike. Ditto with lots of mountain bikes.
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05-11-10 | 07:51 PM
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There's not a rigid definition. For example, you'll find touring bikes differentiated from road bikes, but elsewhere find they're a type of road bike, etc.
Saying a road bike is a bike that you ride on the road just makes the term fairly meaningless. I rode my Worksman cruiser on the road, but nobody would class it as a road bike. Ditto with lots of mountain bikes.
Saying a road bike is a bike that you ride on the road just makes the term fairly meaningless. I rode my Worksman cruiser on the road, but nobody would class it as a road bike. Ditto with lots of mountain bikes.
By this criteria, the bike in question is clearly a road bike. On the other hand, a mountain bike being ridden on the road is not really a road bike, just as a road bike being ridden on trails is not an off-road bike.
It's not complicated.
